Death of Skokie man struck by train ruled an accident

A Skokie man recently killed when he was struck by a Metra train in Morton Grove apparently did not see the train, and investigators have ruled his death an accident, according to authorities.

Danny You, 38, of the 4800 block of Lee Street in Skokie, was crossing the tracks in Morton Grove at about 6 p.m. on July 17 when he was hit by a Metra train and killed. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the death an accident.

On the morning before he was killed, You had purchased a marriage license, according to Darin Hanley, of Bubb Funeral Chapel in South Bend, Ind., which coordinated the funeral held on Saturday.

"From all indications he had never been happier," said Hanley.

You's fiancée was on the Metra platform across the tracks from You and witnessed the accident, Hanley said.

"The fiancée was on one platform and he was on the other," Hanley said. "Then he went to jump across to get to her side, instead of going around, and that when he was clipped by the train," Hanley said.

"He was going to surprise his fiancée by taking her to Hawaii," he added.